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hallo loves....

greetings from the cave. the best news of the day is that i showed neil one of the new Things i'm about to put out (it's a video) and it made him cry. that must mean it's good! hold onto your seats, i'm about to throw a TON of Thingage at you after a slow fall season of Not Many Things. are you READY FOR THINGS? you better eady for Things. Things are coming. sometimes Things happen all at once. this is one of those times. all Things in their own time. to every Thing there is a season. Things Things Things. #things. READY?????

the australian tour is blowing out! sydney has sold almost 1,000 tickets after one day on sale (YAY). australians.....PLEASE PLEASE don't wait to get tickets...everything is now onsale and going fassssst. please don't wait. some of these shows are tiny.

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i'm trying hard to practice for tour and still failing. it's still going to be great. perhaps trying to brush up on over 60 songs WAS a bit ambitious. whatever.

in today's news...when i was about a WEEK away from giving birth to ash down on the farm in tennessee, i did this photoshoot for sara blakely. she's a fancy young CEO who started a company called spanx, and she made a gazillion dollars and started her own foundation to help mothers in need. she wrote to me when she found out i was pregnant and i asked if i would be a part of this book (it features over a hundred other women, it was just amazing timing).

so a team of three women showed up at our little cabin in the woods and spent the day applying my with over 1,000 little mirrors. it was ridiculously fun. then we did a photoshoot in the farm community center. they had never seen anything quite like this. the farm folks, who make their own tofu (i shit you not) even catered the photoshoot. it was....surreal. and then a few days later, ash popped out of there, imbued with the spirit of gloria gaynor and diana ross.

the book has a ton of other art-bellies - all the rest are painted (mine's the only 3-D one) but if you're an AFP completionist.

i can also now make the bizarre claim that i am featured in the same art book as WARREN BUFFET, who must be friends with sara, because he's in there. with a painted belly. really. 

here you go. http://www.bellyartproject.org/

(and you $5+ patrons, i've got some super weird behind-the-scenes shot action coming your way in a second. avert your eyes. crank up the village people.)

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in other random news, some things and music i wanna share with you...

emilyn brodsky has a new record out called "emilyn brodsky's digestion". she's been on tour with me and she's wonderful....go check it out: 

http://smarturl.it/EBDigestion

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did i already link this? i don't think i did....

THOR & FRIENDS have their offical album now out. you know them, you love them, they are wonderful, and this is perfect music for writers and creators. i did a little interview with the houston chronicle about thor & how much we love him..michael gira from SWANS and others are interviewed too. go see:

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today....the ENTIRE elliott smith album, "say yes" (the one with "pictures of me") is now out. some of the other covers (like the one from julien baker) are just gorgeous. go show all those artists your support and check out the whole record....

here's a nice write-up & interview with joe from american laudromat:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/say-yes-elliott-smith-joe-spadaro-american-laundromat-interview/

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exhale.

LOVE

afp.